Practical Moral Philosophy for Lawyers

   James R. Elkins
   Professor of Law/West Virginia University

Course Fundamentals

Biography    Tutorial     Assumption     Questions

Making Ourselves the Subject of Study

Socrates & the Socratic Method

How Does Ethics Work?

Course Information    Student Evaluation

Course Readings & Conversation

Readings/Questions/Notes/Commentary

The Limits of Ethical Rules

Readings on the Legal Profession's Ethical Rules

Moral Discourse

Introduction     Obstacles

Student Observations on Obstacles to Moral Discourse

Teaching Virtue

Notes on Teaching Virtue?

An Argument Against Reticence

How to Think About Learning Ethics

Confusions in the Classroom

Resources

Web Resources    Bibliography

Instructor's Writings on the Pedagogy of Ethics

 

 

| Contact Professor Elkins: jelkins@labs.net |

    Revisions: February, 2000. Awards & Citations. Posted December, 1998. Copyright.